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SXSW ’11: Two New Clips From ‘Frontier(s)’ Director’s ‘The Divide’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 14, 2011 @ 5:35pm
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There’s not much known about Frontier(s) director Xavier Gens’ The Divide,his end of the world thriller starring Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance, and Lauren German. While we have a synopsis, it’s still unclear what kind of movie we’ll be seeing. Suffice to say, word out of the SXSW world premiere is that the movie is absolutely incredible (review forthcoming).

To garner even more excitement, inside you’ll find an exclusive look at 2 more clips, alongside the previous released opening sequence.

“When a cataclysmic explosion devastates New York, eight strangers take refuge in the basement of their apartment building, a converted fallout shelter designed by their paranoid superintendent Mickey. With just three connecting rooms it’s barely big enough, but with stockpiles of food and water, the group are at least safe from the horrors outside, and they settle in and attempt to fathom the catastrophe that has ended the lives of so many of their loved ones.”
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SXSW ’11: Internal Conflict Realized in Opening Scene From ‘The Divide’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 10, 2011 @ 5:27pm
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“To survive the end of the world…you must first survive each other…”

Frontier(s) director Xavier Gens’ end of the world thriller The Divide is set to have its world premiere this coming weekend as the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. While a trailer was released late last year, this morning our friends at Twitch scored the opening scene from the post-apocalyptic thriller starring Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance, and LaurenGerman.

SXSW 11: Internal Conflict Realized in Opening Scene From The Divide

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 08, 2011 @ 3:50pm
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Torque director Joseph Kahn is bringing this stylish commercial directing to this month’s SXSW Film Festival as they’ll be holding the world premiere of Detention, his slasher film that look like Scream meets Prom Night meets a SyFy original, with the Burger King’s Queen as the killer, as we previously reported.

The trailer premiered last week to a flurry of positive remarks, now we got our hands on two more stills and the official festival one sheet. “Cancel your future…”

“ ‘Detention’ tells the story of the senior class at Grizzly Lake high school. The road to graduation is never an easy one, but it’s further complicated for these students by the arrival of a slasher movie killer who has seemingly come to life. The only ones who can stop the killer are a handful of students, but they’ll have to cut out of detention if they’re to stand a chance at saving the world.” Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke, Parker Bagley, Alison Woods, Walter Perez, and Carrie Wiita all star.

SXSW 11: Genre Bending One Sheet Debut for Detention

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 03, 2011 @ 4:13pm
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Remember the days when you’d be watching Showtime or TMC and they’d play House, Night of the Creeps, Fright Night or even Monster Squad? There was something special about that time where movies were always engaging and fun. Maybe it was seeing someone closer to your age battling ghouls, or something else, but when I finished watching the trailer for Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block I had “that” feeling.

Inside you’ll find the trailer debut for the alien invasion horror film which stars Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost in a film that follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

The pic will have its premiere at this month’s SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Also dig on the official website and Facebook.

SXSW 11: Attack the Block Trailer Reminds Me of When Movies Were Fun!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 01, 2011 @ 4:15pm
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With the SXSW premiere just weeks away, we just now got our hands on two gorgeous posters for Room for Tourists director Adrián García Bogliano’s Cold Sweat, which we’ve been hearing really good things about (people explode!) From Argentina, the pic premieres March 15 in Austin, Texas.

“A young man searching for his missing girlfriend. A loyal friend willing to do anything to uncover the truth. An investigation that culminates in an old house. Inside two brutal murderers expect them, armed with twenty-five boxes of explosives stolen from the last military dictatorship in Argentina.”

Inside you’ll find the film’s official trailer and the two new one sheets, while you can click the image for our full image gallery!

1coldswehi030111 SXSW 11: Two Arty New Posters for Cold Sweat

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 28, 2011 @ 5:38am
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Not getting enough attention leading up to its SXSW premiere is Room for Tourists director Adrián García Bogliano’s Cold Sweat, which we’ve been hearing really good things about. From Argentina, the pic premieres March 15 in Austin, Texas.

Inside you’ll find the film’s official trailer, while you can click the image for our full image gallery!

sweats022611 SXSW 11: Trailer, Poster, First Info on Cold Sweat

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 28, 2011 @ 5:19am
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Premiering at mext month’s SXSW Film Festival is Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block, which stars Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost in a film that follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

Gearing up for the fest, the official website and Facebook have launched, featuring your first ever look at the film, along with a crazy long synopsis. I love genre films that are targeted towards kids, some of my all-time favorite horror films were made for the youngins.

SXSW 11: Aliens Will Attack the Block in First Stills!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 11, 2011 @ 4:17pm
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Just announced as part of this March’s SXSW Film Festival, early indication was that Nicolas Goldbart’s Argentinean Phase 7 (Fase 7) wasn’t good for our audience. I think I judged way too soon.

This afternoon I made a few calls and got my hands on the official festival poster, images, a Metallica-rocking international trailer, a Dawn of the Dead-ish festival trailer, and an exclusive clip that also taps musically into Assault on Precinct 13.

From the executive producer of Paranormal Activity, Phase 7 looks like it taps into early Romero and can be described as a cross between The Crazies, Dawn of the Dead and 28 Days Later. We’re told Goldbart loves Carpenter and used temp music from Assault on Precinct 13, The Thing and Escape From New York.

Starring Daniel Hendler, Federico Luppi, Jazmin Stuart, and Jose “Yayo” Guridi, “Coco just moved to his new apartment with 7-month pregnant wife. When the building is in quarantined for a deadly flue. The neighbors became unexpected enemies.”

SXSW 11: Trailers, Clips, Posters, Images from Carpenter Inspired Phase 7!!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 11, 2011 @ 4:02pm
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After preeming at the London Frightfest this month, Little Deaths – a crazy new anthology featuring horrific tales from three of England’s edgiest filmmakers: Simon Rumley (Red White & Blue, Living and the Dead), Andrew Parkinson (I, Zombie, Venus Drowning) and Sean Hogan (Isle of Dogs, Summer’s Blood) – will have its U.S. premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

We just now scored this new steamy still, while inside you’ll find details on all of the shorts with some insane imagery.

SXSW 11: Smokey New Still from Little Deaths

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 10, 2011 @ 11:35pm
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It’s rare when a movie gets made the entire team behind it keep their lips sealed until a festival. I mean, it’s got to be hard not to share your creativity with the world, no?

First discovered back in May, Ben Wheatley’s Kill List, which stars Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, and MyAnna Buring, was announced as part of the Austin, Texas SXSW Film Festival. No details were revealed, but we’re so on top of our sh*t we’re excited to tell you that it’s about a group of demobbed soldiers turned contract killers who run up against a devil-worshipping coven (sounds a bit like what Rob Zombie is up to with The Lords of Salem). Anyways, here’s the super secret plot crunch and first ever hi-res still:

“Beginning 8 months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay, is pressured by his partner Gal, into taking a tough new assignment. As they descend into the dark, disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again – his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.”

SXSW 11: Devil Worshippers Attack in Kill List!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 10, 2011 @ 11:26pm
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“To survive the end of the world…you must first survive each other…”

How many of you are fans of Frontier(s)? Yeah, me too. I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am to see Xavier Gens’ quasi-anthology The Divide, which will premiere at this March’s SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

Starring Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance, and LaurenGerman, “the segments include a post-apocalyptic thriller set mostly in an apartment building fallout shelter, a serial-killer thriller about a woman afflicted with “face blindness,” and a coming-of-age story about a young girl seeking out her birth mother.

German’s character is at the center of the film, set in New York, which is virtually destroyed in a mysterious explosion in the first act. Eight survivors take refuge in the fallout shelter of an apartment building, where they are menaced first by mysterious men in HazMat suits and eventually by each other.”

SXSW 11: New Look at Michael Biehn in The Divide

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 10, 2011 @ 8:01pm
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The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce features in the Midnighters and SXFantastic sections, as well as the complete short films lineup, which will debut at this year’s Festival, which runs from March 11 – 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas.

A key component of the SXSW Film lineup, the Festival offers two midnight feature programs, each including five titles. The long-standing Midnighters section has hosted the premieres and fostered the careers of such filmmakers as Ti West, Eli Roth, and Scott Glosserman, and is programmed by SXSW Senior Programmer & Conference Manager Jarod Neece. In 2009, SXSW added the SXFantastic sidebar, a series of midnight films programmed by Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the U.S. Last year, the section was home to the world premieres of Gareth Edward’s Monsters and the much buzzed about A Serbian Film.

“Our midnight programs are the bloody, beating heart of SXSW,” said SXSW Film Conference & Festival Producer Janet Pierson. “Since the beginning, midnight films have been an essential ingredient to what makes SXSW so exciting and fun, and this year’s selections are no exception.”

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 03, 2011 @ 1:50am
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Hard working indie star Joe Swanberg (who you can see in A Horrible Way to Die) is continuing to persue his directing career with Silver Bullets, his new feature that will premiere this coming March at the SXSW Film Festival.

He’ll be starring alongside Jane Adams, Ti West (The Innkeepers, The House of the Devil, The Roost), Larry Fessenden (Bitter Feast, I Sell the Dead), Kate Lyn Sheil, and Horrible Way to Die co-star Amy Seimetz in a film following an actress and her filmmaker boyfriend experience turbulence in their relationship when she accepts a role in a werewolf film. Her relationship with her new director blossoms while her boyfriend spirals into a dangerous depression.

We’re told that there are barely any horror elements to the film, so be warned in advance. David Harley will speak to Swanberg and get the full lowdown. Until then, check out the first ever stills and long synopsis inside.

SXSW 11: First Images from Silver Bullets

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 02, 2011 @ 11:59pm
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Update: The Midnight line-up is still yet to be announced!

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival released major titles including its Competition, Spotlight Premieres, Headliners, Emerging Visions and other sections slated for the 2011 edition of the popular event taking place March 11 – 19 in Austin, Texas.

130 features, including 60 World Premieres, 12 North American Premieres and 16 U.S. Premieres are on this year’s roster, with eight narrative and eight documentary features will compete for jury prizes.

While you’ve already read about 3 films premiering at this March’s event, inside you’ll find the full line-up announced thus far. Expect some surprises leading up to the fest!

SXSW 11: First Batch of Festival Genre Films Revealed!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 02, 2011 @ 11:42pm
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Music video director Joseph Kahn (Torque; Britney Spears, Garbage, U2) works fast! Just a mere 8 months after casting began, director Joseph Kahn is already heading to Austin, Texas for the SXSW (March 11 – 19) world premiere of his slasher Detention! The pic will join the previously announced The Innkeepers and The Divide.

“In the film a downtrodden 17-year-old girl is sent to detention where she must survive a slasher film killer and save the world in time for prom!”

Below you’ll find the first ever official image featuring Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke, and Aaron David Johnson. Click here for a look at the killer.

SXSW 11: First Look at Joseph Kahns Slasher Detention

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Posted by MrDisgusting on January 13, 2011 @ 11:49pm
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Just yesterday French director Xavier Gens leaked info that The Divide will be playing in this March’s SXSW Film Festival. Joining the rounds is Ti West’s latest genre effort, The Innkeepers, which comes courtesy of Dark Sky Films. After over one hundred years of service, The Yankee Pedlar Inn is shutting its doors for good. The last remaining employees –Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy)–are determined to uncover proof of what many believe to be one of New England’s most haunted hotels. As the Inn’s final days draw near, odd guests check in as the pair of minimum wage “ghost hunters” begin to experience strange and alarming events that may ultimately cause them to be mere footnotes in the hotel’s long unexplained history. West directed The Roost, Cabin Fever 2 and The House of the Devil.
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SXSW ’11: Could Xavier Gens’ ‘The Divide’ Be Premiering?

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Posted by MrDisgusting on January 13, 2011 @ 1:30am
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Frontier(s) director Xavier Gens just leaked that his latest genre-mash The Divide will be premiering this coming March in Austin, Texas. What’s in March? The SXSW Film Festival of course! Hopefully David Harley will be on hand once again to bring us one of the first ever reviews. Starring Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance, Lauren German, the post-apocalyptic horror is set mostly in an apartment building fallout shelter, featuring a serial-killer thriller about a woman afflicted with “face blindness” and a coming-of-age story about a young girl seeking out her birth mother.
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AFM ’10: Sales Art for ‘Frontier(s)’ Director’s ‘The Divide’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 01, 2010 @ 6:44pm
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Gearing up for sales at this week’s AFM is Xavier Gens’ The Divide, from the director of Frontier(s), and featuring the rockin’ cast of Michael Biehn (Aliens, Terminator), Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance and Lauren German. Inside you’ll find the latest key art being displayed at the market in Santa Monica, CA. The pic is a post-apocalyptic thriller set mostly in an apartment building fallout shelter, a serial-killer thriller about a woman afflicted with “face blindness” and a coming-of-age story about a young girl seeking out her birth mother. German’s character is at the centre of the film, set in New York, which is virtually destroyed in a mysterious explosion in the first act. Eight survivors take refuge in the fallout shelter of an apartment building, where they are menaced first by mysterious men in HazMat suits and eventually by each other.
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